Sentence examples for expressing contrition for from inspiring English sources

Expressing contrition for unfiltered remarks is becoming an election-year tradition.

He reportedly demanded a letter from President Barack Obama expressing contrition for military mistakes in the past and a commitment to avoid them in the future.

Although some have praised the Vatican's long-awaited statement expressing contrition for the Roman Catholic Church's official silence during the Holocaust, it is quite lame (front page, March 17).

The monitor screens showed highlights, Richard Nixon finally expressing contrition for Watergate (Frost only covered his costs on Frost/Nixon with the 2006 play and film), Margaret Thatcher wriggling over the sinking of the Belgrano, Tony Blair flinching when asked if he and George Bush prayed together.

In an effort to strike back after the attacks in Benghazi, many Libyans took to the social media in a counterprotest of apology — uploading photos to Facebook of Libyans carrying hand-lettered signs condemning the violence and expressing contrition for the attacks on the United States Mission.

Chung had offered to resign in late April as a way of expressing contrition for sinking of the Sewol ferry, in which about 300 people died.

Universities in recent years have acknowledged and expressed contrition for their ties to slavery.

Stone took the stand at the hearing Thursday and expressed contrition for his actions.

Nor has Mr. Rajaratnam expressed contrition for the trading that resulted in his convictions.

They also expressed contrition for the mistakes that got their countries into trouble and promised to do better.

Molan did not express contrition for sharing videos from anti-Muslim group Britain First, but rather thanked the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, for backing him over the controversy.